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Posted by Blackbeard on September 16, 2006 at 8:26:30 am EDT
In reply to Anyone else have wishy-washy decision making habits? posted by Blackbeard on September 15, 2006 at 5:43:45 pm EDT

I bought the Gibson amp around 1965 in high school. It's a 33 watt tube amp - the model is Lancer. It has 4 inputs, 2 straight and 2 with Tremolo and Reverb. It's been through hell and still plays, albeit with a few trips to the repair shop. I used to keep it in a basement to play, until a water main on a hill above the house broke. It created a mudslide that wiped out the house next door and flooded our basement. It got a little wet, and formed a little rust, but is still going. This thing is a tank. It all still works, too.

Wish I had bought a Gibson, or even Epiphone, guitar back then, but instead, I bought a Hagstrom II. It has the best neck on any guitar I've ever played. It finally bit the dust a very few years back when I had the pickups rewound, and the guy did a terrible job on it. It worked for a while, and then just quit. I'll get it fixed one day, but bought a Stratocaster Deluxe (it has the seven pickup selection button instead of the five so you can throw the bridge pickup in on any pickup choice). Got gold tuners and appointment too. Mexican made, not USA, though, but great price and it plays just like the USA models.

Hagstrom quit making guitars a while back, but have started up again. If you're in the market for a new guitar, they are definitely a dark horse consideration. They used to sound real good too, although a little tinny, but no one plays a guitar anymore without something between the guitar and amp.

I really take great care of everything I buy. I don't mind paying a little more for a better piece of equipment, because I know it will last me for decades. I still have all of my old stereo equipment too. Sansui integrated amp, Dual turntable, Akai reel-to-reel (that needs a belt). All works.

Camera gear also, but practically no one uses film anymore. I still have equipment for a darkroom if I ever find the space to set it up again.

Oh yeah, thanks for the replies also.

Steve

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• Re: Anyone else have wishy-washy decision making habits? - Tom D 13:17:29 09/16/2006
  • Re: Anyone else have wishy-washy decision making habits? - Blackbeard 14:49:46 09/16/2006
    • Re: Anyone else have wishy-washy decision making habits? - Tom D 15:33:30 09/16/2006

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